Microsoft says Chinese hackers targeted groups via server software
The Microsoft company and outside researcher said t A China-linked cyber-espionage group has been remotely plundering email inboxes using freshly discovered flaws in Microsoft mail server software.
A cyber-security firm Volexity said that in January it had seen the hackers use one of the vulnerabilities to remotely steal āthe full contents of several user mailboxes.ā
Microsoft said targets included infectious disease researchers, law firms, higher education institutions, defense contractors, policy think tanks, and non-governmental groups.
China opposes all forms of cyber-attacks, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said.
Source: Reuters #Mar03
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-microsoft/microsoft-says-chinese-hackers-targeted-groups-via-server-software-idUSKCN2AU2MF
#CyberEspionage #ChinaCyberEspionage #China #Microsoft
The Microsoft company and outside researcher said t A China-linked cyber-espionage group has been remotely plundering email inboxes using freshly discovered flaws in Microsoft mail server software.
A cyber-security firm Volexity said that in January it had seen the hackers use one of the vulnerabilities to remotely steal āthe full contents of several user mailboxes.ā
Microsoft said targets included infectious disease researchers, law firms, higher education institutions, defense contractors, policy think tanks, and non-governmental groups.
China opposes all forms of cyber-attacks, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said.
Source: Reuters #Mar03
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-microsoft/microsoft-says-chinese-hackers-targeted-groups-via-server-software-idUSKCN2AU2MF
#CyberEspionage #ChinaCyberEspionage #China #Microsoft
Hong Kong Makes 100th Arrest Using National Security Law
On March 2 2021, Hong Kong made its 100th arrest under a national security law imposed less than a year (Jun 2020), while a mass bail hearing for dozens of pro-democracy activists was forced into a fourth day.
Former Next Digital Ltd. Executive Director Stephen Ting was detained on fraud allegations, the Oriental Daily newspaper reported, citing people it didnāt identify. Police issued a statement late Tuesday confirming the arrest of a 61-year-old man āafter in-depth investigation by national security department.ā Police didnāt name the person or his affiliation with Next Digital.
100 people arrested on suspicion of activities harming national security include 83 male suspects and 17 female aged between 16 to 79.
Source: Bloomberg #Mar03
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-03/hong-kong-makes-100th-arrest-using-china-drafted-security-law
#HongKong #HKNationalSecurityLaw #HKPoliticsPrison
On March 2 2021, Hong Kong made its 100th arrest under a national security law imposed less than a year (Jun 2020), while a mass bail hearing for dozens of pro-democracy activists was forced into a fourth day.
Former Next Digital Ltd. Executive Director Stephen Ting was detained on fraud allegations, the Oriental Daily newspaper reported, citing people it didnāt identify. Police issued a statement late Tuesday confirming the arrest of a 61-year-old man āafter in-depth investigation by national security department.ā Police didnāt name the person or his affiliation with Next Digital.
100 people arrested on suspicion of activities harming national security include 83 male suspects and 17 female aged between 16 to 79.
Source: Bloomberg #Mar03
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-03/hong-kong-makes-100th-arrest-using-china-drafted-security-law
#HongKong #HKNationalSecurityLaw #HKPoliticsPrison
Smile for the camera: the dark side of China's emotion-recognition tech
Source: The Guardian #Mar03
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Smile for the camera: the dark side of China's emotion-recognition tech
Ordinary people in China arenāt happy with emotion-recognition camera, but they have no choice. They have to live with it if the police say there have to be cameras in a community.
Emotion-recognition technologies in which facial expressions of anger, sadness, happiness and boredom, as well as other biometric data are tracked are supposedly able to infer a personās feelings based on traits such as facial muscle movements, vocal tone, body movements and other biometric signals.
Similar to facial recognition, it involves the mass collection of sensitive personal data to track, monitor and profile people and uses machine learning to analyse expressions and other clues.
Critics say the technology is based on a pseudo-science of stereotypes, and an increasing number of researchers, lawyers and rights activists believe it has serious implications for human rights, privacy and freedom of expression.
Source: The Guardian #Mar03
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/mar/03/china-positive-energy-emotion-surveillance-recognition-tech?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#China #EmotionRecognitionTec #Surveillance #AbuseHumanRight
Ordinary people in China arenāt happy with emotion-recognition camera, but they have no choice. They have to live with it if the police say there have to be cameras in a community.
Emotion-recognition technologies in which facial expressions of anger, sadness, happiness and boredom, as well as other biometric data are tracked are supposedly able to infer a personās feelings based on traits such as facial muscle movements, vocal tone, body movements and other biometric signals.
Similar to facial recognition, it involves the mass collection of sensitive personal data to track, monitor and profile people and uses machine learning to analyse expressions and other clues.
Critics say the technology is based on a pseudo-science of stereotypes, and an increasing number of researchers, lawyers and rights activists believe it has serious implications for human rights, privacy and freedom of expression.
Source: The Guardian #Mar03
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/mar/03/china-positive-energy-emotion-surveillance-recognition-tech?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#China #EmotionRecognitionTec #Surveillance #AbuseHumanRight
the Guardian
Smile for the camera: dark side of China's emotion-recognition tech
Xi Jinping wants āpositive energyā but critics say the surveillance toolsā racial bias and monitoring for anger or sadness should be banned
China will bully the West like Hong Kong if governments do not reduce ties, report warns
Western governments should reduce trade with China so they are not vulnerable to bullying from Beijing, a new report citing the example of Hong Kong has warned.
Beijing has been helped to achieve its political ambitions in the city by a steady rise in investment from mainland China over the past two decades, finds the report by Hong Kong Watch, an advocacy organisation.
āThe massive influx of red capital explains why Beijing failed to pass national security legislation in 2003 but succeeded in 2020,ā said Johnny Patterson, policy director of Hong Kong Watch.
Source: Telegraph #Mar03
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/02/china-will-bully-west-like-hong-kong-governments-do-not-reduce/
#China #Bully #HongKong #Beijing
Western governments should reduce trade with China so they are not vulnerable to bullying from Beijing, a new report citing the example of Hong Kong has warned.
Beijing has been helped to achieve its political ambitions in the city by a steady rise in investment from mainland China over the past two decades, finds the report by Hong Kong Watch, an advocacy organisation.
āThe massive influx of red capital explains why Beijing failed to pass national security legislation in 2003 but succeeded in 2020,ā said Johnny Patterson, policy director of Hong Kong Watch.
Source: Telegraph #Mar03
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/02/china-will-bully-west-like-hong-kong-governments-do-not-reduce/
#China #Bully #HongKong #Beijing
Chinese Netizens Slam Keanu Reeves for Plan to Attend Concert by Tibet House, Call for Boycott of Matrix 4
Chinese netizens have slammed the Canadian actor #KeanuReeves for his plan to attend an online charity concert hosted by the #TibetHouse on #Mar03 US time, calling for a boycott of his new film.
Hosted annually since 1989, the concert has featured a roll call of prominent musicians including David Bowie. Proceeds from the concert go to the Tibet House, formally known as the Culture Centre of H. H. the Dalai Lama, an international nonprofit organisation dedicated to preserving, displaying and protecting traditional Tibetan culture.
Reeves is himself a musician, having been the bassist of the band Dogstar in the 90s. He is reportedly areligious but interested in Buddhism. Years ago, he starred as Prince Siddhartha in Little Buddha, a biopic about the Gautama Buddha.
Chinese netizens are upset by Reevesā plan to attend the concert. Some denounced it as an āinsult to Chinaā, while others consider it a show of āsupport for breaking up Chinese territoryā and called for a boycott of #TheMatrixResurrections, his latest film.
A netizen claimed that while they have been a diehard Matrix fans, they āwill not contribute a penny to its box office numbersā. Others said they are happy they can ānow save a few bucksā, with some telling Reeves to āstay away from politics if [he] know[s] nothing about itā.
Reeves has not responded to the criticism.
Source: RFA #Jan25
https://bit.ly/3tj82rm
Chinese netizens have slammed the Canadian actor #KeanuReeves for his plan to attend an online charity concert hosted by the #TibetHouse on #Mar03 US time, calling for a boycott of his new film.
Hosted annually since 1989, the concert has featured a roll call of prominent musicians including David Bowie. Proceeds from the concert go to the Tibet House, formally known as the Culture Centre of H. H. the Dalai Lama, an international nonprofit organisation dedicated to preserving, displaying and protecting traditional Tibetan culture.
Reeves is himself a musician, having been the bassist of the band Dogstar in the 90s. He is reportedly areligious but interested in Buddhism. Years ago, he starred as Prince Siddhartha in Little Buddha, a biopic about the Gautama Buddha.
Chinese netizens are upset by Reevesā plan to attend the concert. Some denounced it as an āinsult to Chinaā, while others consider it a show of āsupport for breaking up Chinese territoryā and called for a boycott of #TheMatrixResurrections, his latest film.
A netizen claimed that while they have been a diehard Matrix fans, they āwill not contribute a penny to its box office numbersā. Others said they are happy they can ānow save a few bucksā, with some telling Reeves to āstay away from politics if [he] know[s] nothing about itā.
Reeves has not responded to the criticism.
Source: RFA #Jan25
https://bit.ly/3tj82rm
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